A researcher of fuel cells, manhandled and arrested because he used the wrong mailing labels in selling and shipping sodium to fund his research, was then targeted by the EPA because he wasn’t home to maintain his sodium supplies.
We’re here to help you: A researcher of fuel cells, manhandled and arrested because he used the wrong mailing labels in selling and shipping sodium to fund his research, was then prosecuted by the EPA because he wasn’t home to maintain his sodium supplies.
On May 27, 2004, federal agents in two black SUVs, waving assault rifles, forced Krister’s car off the road. Manhandling him as if he were a terrorist, they arrested, interrogated, and jailed him. For what? Putting the wrong shipping label—with the correct instructions, mind you—on a box of raw sodium that he sold on eBay.
A jury saw that it was an honest mistake and found Krister “not guilty.” But while Krister was on trial, sodium from his experiments sat in steel drums at an industrial warehouse. The Environmental Protection Agency learned of the additional sodium, determined that Krister had “abandoned” it, and charged him with a federal crime.
Although Krister’s expert witness testified that the sodium was stored properly, a jury found Krister guilty. He served 13 months in federal prison and eight more in a halfway house.
So, what did he do that was morally wrong? Nothing. Not that this matters to our lovely federal government. He did not obey their rules to the letter, even when they themselves made it impossible for him to do so. Thus, he must be destroyed.
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We’re here to help you: A researcher of fuel cells, manhandled and arrested because he used the wrong mailing labels in selling and shipping sodium to fund his research, was then prosecuted by the EPA because he wasn’t home to maintain his sodium supplies.
On May 27, 2004, federal agents in two black SUVs, waving assault rifles, forced Krister’s car off the road. Manhandling him as if he were a terrorist, they arrested, interrogated, and jailed him. For what? Putting the wrong shipping label—with the correct instructions, mind you—on a box of raw sodium that he sold on eBay.
A jury saw that it was an honest mistake and found Krister “not guilty.” But while Krister was on trial, sodium from his experiments sat in steel drums at an industrial warehouse. The Environmental Protection Agency learned of the additional sodium, determined that Krister had “abandoned” it, and charged him with a federal crime.
Although Krister’s expert witness testified that the sodium was stored properly, a jury found Krister guilty. He served 13 months in federal prison and eight more in a halfway house.
So, what did he do that was morally wrong? Nothing. Not that this matters to our lovely federal government. He did not obey their rules to the letter, even when they themselves made it impossible for him to do so. Thus, he must be destroyed.
Readers!
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. Your support allows me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Only now does it appear that Washington might finally recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:
1. Zelle: This is the only internet method that charges no fees. All you have to do is use the Zelle link at your internet bank and give my name and email address (zimmerman at nasw dot org). What you donate is what I get.
2. Patreon: Go to my website there and pick one of five monthly subscription amounts, or by making a one-time donation.
3. A Paypal Donation or subscription:
4. Donate by check, payable to Robert Zimmerman and mailed to
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Ayn Rand said that we would all be judged by the government to be guilty.
Mao said that all patriots die criminals.
George Washington said: “A free people should ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them. Which would include their own government”
B. Obama said: There should be a civilian army equal in size to the U.S. military. (HLS, IRS, EPA, etc. etc ?)
Marko Rubio said: There will be legalization before the borders are secured.
Where is it that our salvation lies?
National security now trumps the US Constitution.
In the name of “national security” you can indict a ham sandwich as it offends the sensibilities of muslim citizens.
In the name of national security I imagine every automobile is actually a moblie 20 gallon gasoline bomb for which the EPA could pull you over just as they did this fellow regarding the metal Na.
(Oh no…I used the word “bomb” in my comments associated with the word “gasoline.” The NSA is surely building a file on jwing.) There I go, I used that word again. It’s like the Knights of Knee from Monty Python’s Holy Grail.
The EPA is also known to petition leftist green organizations to sue them (the EPA) to get more laws passed through outside of congress that would curtail industry and stop construction of anything in its tracks, with people like this in government who needs hardline fanatics or enemies.
“Where is it that our salvation lies?”
In ourselves. A favorite aphorism of the Left is “Be the future you want to be”. That works for others, too.
We have crossed the Rubicon long ago. Now we all just wait for our re-education.
This government has no [healthy] fear of its citizens.
Hillary Clinton said: ” What difference does it make!?”
(ask Emb. Christopher Stevens, his family and the families of the three other people murdered by the inaction / indifference of our current president and his Secretary Of State)
Bill Clinton said: “It depends on what the meaning of IS, is”
George Bush Sr. said: “We will build a New World Order”
George Bush Jr. said: “Im the decider” and he also signed NAFTA, which to me trumps this whole immigration issue.
Where does the salvation of free Americans lie?
Activist government at its best….Government Organizer in Chief. Who needs community organizing when it’s done centrally from D.C..
This once great country is slowly creeping towards authoritarianism. There is no longer any government accountability or respect for the Constitution. There is no longer a willingness to listen to the will of the American people. This is happening because of SOME of the American people who elect these jerks over and over again. Might wear different faces but it’s the same jerk in the same suit. Once our civil rights and liberties are subject to the whims of the self styled masterminds it’s over. Not saying I’m giving up yet, just that we’re passing a tipping point and it might be too late to do anything about it.
“everything is happening so fast”.